Managed a “quick trip” out of Houston (the metropolis is so massive, it is hard to actually get out of the city and it is never easy) with a brand new 2018 Mustang south to Brazos Bend State Park. Signs about ‘gators everywhere, but luckily no ‘gator in sight! Nice evening out, though.
2018 Mustang at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA
Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA
Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA
Lake view at sunset, Brazos Bend State Park, Texas, USA
Just off the Interstate and thus a welcome break from the long drive back from Cedar Rapids IA to Chicago O’Hare airport, I briefly explored Herbert Hoover’s birth place, today a very well taken care of National Park site (https://www.nps.gov/heho/index.htm). Who would suspect such a presidential history at a place called West Branch, Iowa?!
Herbert Hoover National Park Site, West Branch IA, USA
Herbert Hoover National Park Site, West Branch IA, USA
Herbert Hoover Library and Museum at the National Park Site, West Branch IA, USA
Herbert Hoover’s birth place, West Branch IA, USA
Downtown at night, Cedar Rapids IA, USA
Cedar River from 1st Avenue Bridge, Cedar Rapids IA, USA
Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Rapids IA, USA
City Hall and Veterans Memorial Building, Cedar Rapids IA, USA
Bike ride with the pocket drone took us to Basel Landschaft and lovely Leimen Valley, monastery Mariastein in an exklave of Solothurn, and a castle across the border in France.
Kloster Mariastein (auch Maria im Stein, frz. Notre Dame de la Pierre), Exklave Metzerlen-Mariastein, Kanton Solothurn (Bezirk Dorneck), Schweiz
Burg Biederthal, auch Schloss Burg, Gemeinde Burg im Leimental, Basel-Landschaft, Schweiz
Ruine Burg Landskron, Leymen, Oberelsass, Frankreich
Thunderstorm passed, fog cleared – what a wonderful evening to spend surrounded by majestic peaks, steep walls and waterfalls. Lenk im Simmental in May.
Wanderer bi de Sibe Brünne, Quelle der Simme, Lenk, Bern, Schweiz
Waterfalls unterhalb Wildstrubel, Lenk im Simmental, Bern, Schweiz
Sibe Brünne, Quelle der Simme, Lenk im Simmental, Bern, Schweiz
Early summer sunset flights at Castle Neu Bechburg above Balsthal between the first two Jura mountain chains, and at Aare river near Bannwil.
Schloss Neu Bechburg, Balsthal, Solothurn, Switzerland
Schloss Neu Bechburg, Balsthal, Solothurn, Switzerland
Sunset panorama above Aare river, Bannwil, Bern, Switzerland
Finally, Melbourne’s cityscape with the Flinders St main railway station and the Yarra river (again).
Melbourne CBD, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne CBD and Flinders St Station, Victoria, Australia
Waterfalls and vistas between Kingslake and the famous bends of the “Black Spur”, officially known as the Maroondah highway.
Colors of the Eucalyptus, Victoria, Australia
Phantom Falls, Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
Keppel Falls of the Taggerty River, Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
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, Marysville, Victoria, Australia” width=”1280″ height=”853″ class=”size-full wp-image-2973″ /> Sunlight and farmland, Marysville, Victoria, AustraliaCan a trip to Australia be quick? Layovers, two long haul flights, are you serious? Nevertheless, it felt and probably was a quick business trip, but a weekend day at least to get roadtrippin’ in upper Victoria in the temperate rainforest. Can you imagine, that this place had completely burnt down in the Black Saturday fires of 2009? Neither could I but then read up on it. But it is such a wonderful place, and the Yarra National Park in particular.
Healesville in fall colors, Victoria, Australia
Sightseeing on a gravel road, C505 or Donna Buang Road, Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
Sightseeing on a gravel road, C505 or Donna Buang Road, Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
Wines of the Yarra Valley, Seville, Victoria, Australia
Sightseeing on a gravel road, C505 or Donna Buang Road, Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
A trip from Kienbergpass to Oltingen beyond the first Jura chain during spring blossom.
Trees in bloom, Oltingen, BL, Switzerland
Kienberg aerial in spring, BL, Switzerland
Trees in bloom, Schafmatt, Solothurn, Switzerland